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Dr Jim Thomson

Research Fellow

B.Sc.(Hons)

Ph.D., Monash University

Building/Room: 17/G12
Telephone: +61-3-9905 4530
Fax: +61-3-9905-5613
E-mail: James. Thomson@sci.monash.edu.au

Dr Jim Thomson
Research Interests
  • Community ecology
  • Freshwater ecology
  • Landscape ecology
  • Ecological restoration and landscape reconstruction
  • Experimental design and analysis, including ecological impact assessment.
  • Ecological modelling and forecasting

See also

Australian Centre for Biodiversity Analysis, Policy and Management
Publications
  1. Camilleri, S., Thomson J. and Mac Nally R. (in press). The interaction between land use and catchment physiognomy: Understanding avifaunal patterns of the Murray-Darling Basin. Journal of Biogeography.
  2. Thomson, J.R., Moilanen, A., Vesk, P., Bennett, A.F., & Mac Nally, R. (2009) Where and when to revegetate: a quantitative method for scheduling landscape reconstruction. Ecological Applications.
  3. Selwood, K., Mac Nally, R., & Thomson, J.R. (2009) Native bird breeding in a chronosequence of revegetated sites. Oecologia 159: 435-446.
  4. Horner, G., Baker, P.J., Mac Nally, R., Cunningham, S., Thomson, J., & Hamilton, F. (2009) Regeneration and mortality of floodplain forests subjected to a drying climate and water extraction. Global Change Biology 15: 2176-2186.
  5. Mac Nally, R., Horrocks, G., Lada, H., Lake, P.S., Thomson, J.R., & Taylor, A.C. (2009) Distribution of anuran amphibians in massively altered landscapes in south-eastern Australia: Effects in climate change in an aridifying region. Gobal Ecology and Biodiversity.
  6. Mac Nally, R., Bennett, A.F., Thomson, J.R., Radford, J.Q., Unmack, G., Horrocks, G., & Vesk, P. (2009) Collapse of an avifauna: climate change appears to exacerbate habitat loss and degradation. Diversity and Distributions.
  7. Loo, S.E., Mac Nally, R., O'Dowd, D.J., Lake, P.S., & Thomson, J. (2009) Multiple scale analysis of factors influencing the distribution of an invasive grass. Biological Invasions DOI 10.1007/s10530-008-9368-1.
  8. Cunningham, S., Mac Nally, R., Read, J., Baker, P., White, M., Thomson, J.R., & Griffioen, P. (2009) A robust technique for mapping vegetation across a major river system. Ecosystems 12, 207-219.
  9. Selwood, K., Mac Nally, R., & Thomson, J.R. (2009) Native bird breeding in a chronosequence of revegetated sites. Oecologia, DOI 10.1007/s00442-008-1221-9.
  10. Horner, G., Baker, P.J., Mac Nally, R., Cunningham, S., Thomson, J., & Hamilton, F. (2009) Regeneration and mortality of floodplain forests subjected to a drying climate and water extraction. Global Change Biology, in press.
  11. Lada, H., Thomson, J., Mac Nally, R., & Taylor, A.C. (2008) Impacts of massive landscape change on a carnivorous marsupial in south-eastern Australia: inferences from landscape genetics analysis. Journal of Applied Ecology 45, 1732-1741.
  12. Mac Nally, R., De Vries, L., & Thomson, J. (2008) Are replanted floodplain forests in south-eastern Australia providing biodiversity benefits? Restoration Ecology, 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00430.x. Accepted February 14, 2008.
  13. Mac Nally, R., Fleishman, E., Thomson, J., & Dobkin, D.S. (2008) Use of guilds for modeling avian responses to vegetation change in the Intermountain West (U.S.A.). Global Ecology and Biodiversity 17, 758-769.
  14. Mac Nally, R., Molyneux, G., Thomson, J.R., Lake, P.S., & Read, J. (2008) Variation in width of riparian-zone vegetation of higher-elevation streams and implications for conservation management. Plant Ecology 198, 89-100.
  15. Vesk, P., Nolan, R., Thomson, J., Dorrough, J., & Mac Nally, R. (2008) Time lags in provision of habitat resources through revegetation. Biological Conservation 141, 174-186.
  16. Thomson, J., Mac Nally, R., Fleishman, E., & Horrocks, G. (2007) Predicting bird species distributions in reconstructed landscapes. Conservation Biology 21, 752-766.
  17. Lada H., Thomson J.R., Mac Nally R., Horrocks G., and Taylor A (2007).Evaluating simultaneous impacts of three anthropogenic effects on a floodplain-dwelling marsupial Antechinus flavipes. Biological Conservation 134: 527-536.
  18. Thomson J.R., Fleishman E., Mac Nally R., and Dobkin D.S. (2007).  Comparison of predictor sets for species richness and the number of rare species of butterflies and birds.  Journal of Biogeography 34: 90-101.
  19. Thomson J.R., Fleishman E., Mac Nally R., and Dobkin D.S. (2005) Influence of the temporal resolution of data on the success of indicator species models of species richness across multiple taxonomic groups.  Biological Conservation 124: 503-518.
  20. Fleishman, E., Thomson J.R., Mac Nally R., Murphy D.D. and Fay J.P. (2005).  Using indicator species to predict species richness of multiple taxonomic groups.  Conservation Biology 19:1125-1137.
  21. Thomson J.R., Hart D.D., Charles D.F., Nightengale T.L., and Winter D.M. (2005).  The effects of a small dam removal on downstream macroinvertebrate and algal assemblages in a Pennsylvania stream.  Journal of the North American Benthological Society 24: 192-207
  22. Fleishman E., Mac Nally R., and Thomson J.R.  (2004) Challenges and opportunities for conserving faunal biodiversity in arid ecosystems.  Annals of Arid Zone 43: 427-444.
  23. Thomson J.R., Clark B.D., Fingerut J.T., and Hart D.D. (2004).  Local modification of benthic flow environments by suspension-feeding stream insects. Oecologia 140: 533-542.
  24. Thomson J.R., Taylor M.P. and Brierley G.J. (2004).  Are River Styles ecologically meaningful? A test of the ecological relevance of a geomorphological river charaterization scheme. Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 14: 25-48
  25. Thomson J.R. (2002).  The effects of hydrological disturbance on the densities of macroinvertebrate predators and their prey in coastal stream.  Freshwater Biology 47: 1333-1351.
  26. Thomson J.R., Lake P.S. and Downes B.J. (2002). The effect of hydrological disturbance on the impact of a benthic invertebrate predator.  Ecology 83: 628-642.
  27. Bushaw-Newton K. Hart D.D. Johnson T.E., Pizzuto J.E., Egan J., Keeley M., Lawrence J., Thomson J.R., Ashley J.T. Horwitz R.J., Charles D., Gatenby C., Kreeger D.A., Nightengale T., Thomas R.L., and Velinsky D.J. (2002).  An integrative approach towards understanding dam removal: The Manatawny Creek study. Journal American Water Resources Association. 38:1581-1599
  28. Thomson J.R., Taylor M.P., Fryirs K. and Brierley G.J. (2001).  A geomorphic framework for river characterization and habitat assessment. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 11: 373 - 389.
  29. Taylor M.P., Thomson J.R., Fryirs, K. and Brierley G.J. (2000). Habitat mapping using the River Styles methodology. Ecological Management and Restoration 1: 223-226.